<p>So I've searched the forum and found conflicting advice on how UCLA handles a missing pre req. Here's the situation:</p>
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<li>I'll have a 3.85 GPA at the end of this semester.</li>
<li>I'll be missing one pre req for my non impacted science major by the end of Spring.</li>
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<p>Considering my GPA is slightly above average, how significantly will it hurt my chances that I'll be missing a pre req?</p>
<p>Your response is highly appreciated.</p>
<p>Will hurt, since they care a lot about pre-req completion, but not too much since it’s not impacted.
Since you know you will be missing it before time, is there any chance you can take it at a different college, or maybe online (assuming it is offered, that is)?</p>
<p>does your college offer tap? if so no worries your gpa will pretty much get you in</p>
<p>It will most likely hurt. What’s your major?</p>
<p>Either one of the the biological sciences (excluding the impacted biology major), or neuro, or psychobio. </p>
<p>The problem is 2 semesters of general bio is required. But I will only have 1 semester of intro bio (doesn’t count) and 1 semester of general bio completed by spring. So I’m debating if I should apply as a psych major with all pre reqs complete for a better shot.</p>
<p>I just asked a rep about this. I’m in a similar situation. He said if your major is not impacted and you are missing one class it shouldn’t hurt too much as long as your GPA is good. He said they will take someone with a higher GPA who is missing a pre-req over someone with a low GPA and all pre-reqs completed.</p>
<p>Thank you for a reply, what major are you aiming for?</p>
<p>That’s very uplifting to hear.</p>
<p>Is there anyway you can take it in the spring? All the life science majors including Neuroscience and Psychobiology are highly selective so you should consider it as impacted. I don’t know how important the bio pre req is but I know some people with 4.0’s get rejected from the life science majors because they were missing one semester of Organic Chem.</p>
<p>Nope. So I might just apply as a psych major and have all the pre reqs complete.</p>